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The Plague (French: La Peste) is a novel by Albert Camus, published in 1947, that tells the story of a plague sweeping the French Algerian city of Oran. It asks a number of questions relating to the nature of destiny and the human condition. The characters in the book, ranging from doctors to vacationers to fugitives, all help to show the effects the plague has on a populace.
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1995
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Quality Paperback Book Club
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Fiction, Plague, Plague in literature, Epidemics, Peste bubónica, FICTION / Classics, FICTION / Psychological, FICTION / Literary, Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author), Medicine in Literature, French fiction, Psychological, Reading Level-Grade 11, Reading Level-Grade 12, Fiction, medical, France, fiction, Drama (dramatic works by one author), Romance literature, Fiction, psychological, Fiction, classics, Determination (Personality trait), Peste, Romans, nouvelles, Romance Frances, NovelaPlaces
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"The unusual events described in this chronicle occurred in 194-at Oran."
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April 27, 2022 | Edited by Lisa | Merge works |
February 28, 2020 | Edited by lisaBot | moving edition(s) to primary work |
August 24, 2011 | Edited by Bryan Endersstocker | Edited without comment. |
August 24, 2011 | Edited by Bryan Endersstocker | Added new cover |
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